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    Low beam

    My driver side low beam intermittently gives a message on the dash. Sometimes the light is still working and sometimes the headlights arent even on. Also if I tap the glass it will come back on. I plan to check the wiring. Could it be an issue with the headlight assembly? It seems to be an intermittent short. Im hoping itll be easy enoug to fix.

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    As it works, when you tap on the glass, you have to inspect that area. Wiring, contacts, plug.
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    It ended up going out completey, so I guess it was the bulb. No issues since I replaced them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisSilva View Post
    It ended up going out completey, so I guess it was the bulb. No issues since I replaced them.
    Intermittent failure of a single bulb is the standard warning sign of a filament going out. If both bulbs are flaky then it's the LKM module.

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    The relays for hi and low beam are different inside the LKM, low beam has 2 pins/contacts, hi beam has 1 pin in the LKM
    pin 21 low beam left F10
    pin 22 low beam right F11

    pin 20 high beam via fuse F13, F14

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